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mystify

English

Etymology

From French mystifier, from Ancient Greek ???????? (mustikós, “secret, mystic”) + Latin -ficare.

Verb

mystify (third-person singular simple present mystifies, present participle mystifying, simple past and past participle mystified)

  1. (transitive) To thoroughly confuse, befuddle, or bewilder.

Related terms

  • mysterious
  • mystery
  • mystic
  • mystical
  • mysticism
  • mystique

Translations

Further reading

  • mystify in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
  • mystify in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
  • mystify at OneLook Dictionary Search

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flummox

English

Etymology

Of uncertain origin, probably risen out of a British dialect (OED finds candidate words in Herefordshire, Gloucestershire, southern Cheshire, and Sheffield). "The formation seems to be onomatopœic, expressive of the notion of throwing down roughly and untidily" [OED].

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?fl?m?ks/

Verb

flummox (third-person singular simple present flummoxes, present participle flummoxing, simple past and past participle flummoxed)

  1. To confuse; to fluster; to flabbergast.

Synonyms

  • See also Thesaurus:confuse

Translations

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